Posts By: Monica Graves

Why is red the colour of love?

I know that I’ve always been attracted to red. A piece of red furniture in a room looks sophisticated, a red door on a house always looks welcoming, a red sweater makes me feel confident and red high heeled shoes make me look powerful. So what is it about red that gets us all hot… Read more »

The Bib Necklace

What is this uber-fashionable necklace that is hitting all the runways this season?  Why are they calling it “the bib“? Just makes me think that I’m wearing something that’s going to be a food catcher.  My Husband, Wayne has something like that, and he calls it A Beard! Believe it or not, the Bib style… Read more »

Quebec has Style

As many of you may already know, because of my many Facebook and twitter updates, I’ve been spending most of January traveling throughout our beautiful province of Ontario and also venturing over into Quebec! Quebec is fairly new territory for me as a jewelry designer. I’ve heard mixed opinions about doing business with our French… Read more »

Curling with August Moon

Last weekend I was invited by Ashley Waye, Owner of August Moon to sell at the Royal Canadian Curling Club in Toronto.  She and her team mates were participating in a “Bonspiel” and wanted to have some great exhibitors there so they could shop between games. Ashley is not only the owner of two beautiful… Read more »

Recession = Creativity = Prosperity

It seems like the last few years all we’ve been hearing on the news is how brutal the economy is and how we’re going deeper and deeper in debt as a nation.  Do you believe everything that you hear?  Do these accusations from our media keep you up at night? Or when you hear them… Read more »

Costume Jewelry vs. Fashion Jewelry

My husband, Wayne said something interesting yesterday.  He said, “It kinda’ bugs me when people refer to our pieces as costume jewelry. They are not for costumes. You don’t see Batman running around wearing … Not that there would be anything wrong with that!” Okay I could only disagree with that statement if I was… Read more »

Time to Veg

Every Holiday season I go through the same thought process.  I can’t wait for that week off!  I am going to sit on the couch, eat whatever I want, drink whatever I want and do NOTHING! Every year I have the same result, I have one day like this and by the end of it… Read more »

Shop Till Ya Drop

So how is everyone feeling today?  Ready to hit the streets for Boxing Day deals? Or too tired to even look at another mall until January? Generally I am not much of a shopper.  I go out when I need things and then I expect to be served.  I want to be in and out… Read more »

Let’s Party!

Thanks to everyone that attended our Grand Opening Christmas Party!  The evening was a huge hit!  Here’s how great the place looked before the guests arrived!  Please remember to join our mailing list to get an invitation for next year’s bash!  Here are some SPECIAL thank you’s that we sent out to the people that… Read more »

One of A Kind

I remember that feeling a few years back when I used to walk the One Of a Kind show and think, one day I want to be a part of this.  This show is beautiful! I thought you might like to take a look at the state of the Direct Energy Centre before you shopped… Read more »